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		sillysaurus on Aug 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dropbox confirms it got hacked, will offer two-fa... if the attacker had access to a Dropbox employee's account, which in turn gave him/her access to user accounts ... That didn't happen. The employee account merely contained a list of email addresses.

arrrg on Aug 1, 2012 | [–]

That’s not really a response, is it? User account data could be accessed – because Dropbox was unable to protect your data. That’s not quite as awful a access to user account but it’s still awful.

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